Practice Test: Question Set - 04
1. Thermal conductivity of glass wool varies from sample to sample because of variation in
- (A) Composition
- (B) Density
- (C) Porosity
- (D) All of the above
2. According to Stefan Boltzmann law, the total radiation from a black body per second per unit area is directly proportional to the
- (A) Absolute
temperature
- (B) Square
of the absolute temperature
- (C) Cube
of the absolute temperature
- (D) Fourth
power of the absolute temperature
3. Thermal conductivity of a material may be defined as the
- (A) Quantity of heat flowing in one second
through one cm cube of material when opposite faces are maintained at a
temperature difference of 1°C
- (B) Quantity of heat flowing in one second
through a slab of the material of area one cm square, thickness 1 cm when its
faces differ in temperature by 1°C
- (C) Heat conducted in unit time across unit
area through unit thickness when a temperature difference of unity is
maintained between opposite faces
- (D) All of the above
4. In case of liquids and gases, the heat transfer takes place according to
- (A) Conduction
- (B) Convection
- (C) Radiation
- (D) None
of these
5. Which of the following has maximum value of thermal conductivity?
- (A) Aluminium
- (B) Steel
- (C) Brass
- (D) Copper
6. The logarithmic mean temperature difference (tm) is given by (where Δt1 and Δt2 are temperature differences between the hot and cold fluids at entrance and exit)
- (A) tm
= (Δt1 - Δt2)/
loge (Δt1/Δt2)
- (B) tm
= loge (Δt1/Δt2)/ (Δt1 - Δt2)
- (C) tm
= tm =
(Δt1 - Δt2) loge (Δt1/Δt2)
- (D) tm
= loge (Δt1 - Δt2)/
Δt1/Δt2
7. Moisture would find its way into insulation by vapour pressure unless it is prevented by
- (A) High thickness of
insulation
- (B) High vapour pressure
- (C) Less thermal
conductivity insulator
- (D) A vapour seal
8. The radiation emitted by a black body is known as
- (A) Black
radiation
- (B) Full
radiation
- (C) Total
radiation
- (D) All
of these
9. Heat is transferred by all three modes of transfer, viz. conduction, convection and radiation in
- (A) Electric heater
- (B) Steam condenser
- (C) Boiler
- (D) Refrigerator
condenser coils
10. According to Newton's law of cooling, the heat transfer from a hot body to a cold body is
- (A) Directly
proportional to the surface area
- (B) Directly
proportional to the difference of temperatures between the two bodies
- (C) Either (A)
or (B)
- (D) Both
(A) and (B)
11. According to Prevost theory of heat exchange
- (A) It is impossible to
transfer heat from low temperature source to t high temperature source
- (B) Heat transfer by
radiation requires no medium
- (C) All bodies above
absolute zero emit radiation
- (D) Heat transfer in most
of the cases takes place by combination of conduction, convection and radiation
12. Reynolds number is the ratio of
- (A) Energy
transferred by convection to that by conduction
- (B) Kinematic
viscosity to thermal diffusivity
- (C) Inertia
force to viscous force
- (D) None
of the above
13. Heat transfer by radiation mainly depends upon
- (A) Its temperature
- (B) Nature of the body
- (C) Kind and extent of
its surface
- (D) All of the above
14. In counter current flow heat exchanger, the logarithmic temperature difference between the fluids is ________ as compared to parallel flow heat exchanger.
- (A) Same
- (B) Less
- (C) Greater
- (D) None
of these
15. Thermal diffusivity is
- (A) A dimensionless parameter
- (B) Function of
temperature
- (C) Used as mathematical
model
- (D) A physical property
of the material
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